Political Updates 15 April 2019

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government. 

  UK Government

Steven Boyd has been appointed as the first permanent Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency. Mr Boyd will take up his appointment on 10^th June (more info).

Judith Hackitt and Stephen Hughes have been appointed to the board of HS2 Limited, Department for Transport as non-executive directors (more info).

Mike Clancy has been reappointed as the member of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Council (more info).

Professor Anil Kashyap has been reappointed as an external member of the Financial Policy Committee (more info).

Michael Sanders has been reappointed as an external member of Monetary Policy Committee (more info).

Brian McIntyre has been appointed as the first ever Chief Digital and Technology Officer (CDTO) by the England’s national housing agency Home England (more info).

Sally Howes replaced David Southwood as chair of the UK Space Agency Steering Board (more info).

Les Allamby re-appointed to as Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (more info).

Mal Singh takes over as BPDTS Ltd’s Finance Director (more info).

Paul Whiting to replace Adele Downey as Chief Executive from 1^st May on an interim basis (more info).

Grayson Perry reappointed and Vivian Hunt, George Weston and Philipp Hildebrand appointed as Trustees of the British Museum (more info).

Roderick Drummond has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain (more info).

House of Commons

Desmond Swayne replaced Robert Goodwill as a member of the Northern Ireland Committee.

Welsh Government

David Jones appointed as first Ofcom Board member for Wales (more info).

Martin Woodford appointed Chair of Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (more info).

Labour Party

Alex Cunningham appointed as a Shadow Housing Minister.

This week, the European Parliament is in Brussels for Committee and Group meetings.